TY - BOOK AU - Post,Stephen Garrard TI - Unlimited love: altruism, compassion, and service SN - 193203157X AV - BF637.H4 P67 2003eb U1 - 177/.7 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Templeton Foundation Press KW - Altruism KW - Helping behavior KW - Love KW - Helping Behavior KW - Altruisme KW - Amour KW - Comportement d'aide KW - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS KW - Interpersonal Relations KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index; Unlimited love and ultimate reality -- The measure of unlimited love in the work of Sorokin -- The core meaning of "love" -- Love and the social science of altruistic motivations -- The evolution of altruistic love -- The parental axis and the origins of love -- A theological interlude on parental and unlimited love -- A Christian ethical perspective on love's extensivity -- Five dimensions of unlimited love in practical and theological context -- The scientific field of unlimited love -- Funded research projects : 2003-2005 N2 - What if we could prove that love heals mental illness and is vital to successful therapeutic outcomes in all areas of health care? What if we could prove that people who live more for others than for self have greater psychological well-being?In Unlimited Love, Post examines the question of what we mean by ""unlimited love""; his focus is not on ""falling"" into love, which is ""altogether natural, easy, and delusional."" Rather, he focuses on the difficult learned ascent that ""begins with insight into the need for tolerance of ubiquitous imperfection, and matures in UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=165390 ER -